“I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut off my view of the sky. . . . Flying got into my soul instantly but the answer as to why must be found somewhere back in the mystic maze of my birth and childhood and the circumstances of my earlier life. Whatever I am is elemental and the beginnings of it all have their roots in Sawdust Road. I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and stars.” Has BeensSoulMightWantedFoundStarsBornAnswersViewsCuttingSkyStreetsChildhoodWindBirthHigherCircumstancesRootsDeterminedFlyingFlightMy SoulAviationMight Have BeenFifthAvenuesMysticMazesGreat AviationElementalsSawdustFifth AvenueRockefeller Center Author:Jacqueline Cochran
“Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me.” WantedInfluenceChildhoodMomDrinkingVicesLustSave Me Author:Ethel Waters